Well that's a stretch. If you squint really hard, with the eye of the believer, you can see how this result could increase the probability of such a poll by a minuscule margin, but the UK/EU deal don… (View Post)

Much of it is, but there's plenty there for Irish journalists to laugh at. For one thing, Sinn Fein does not mean "ourselves alone"! For another, most people in Ireland were expecting FG to… (View Post)

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Much better than a party winning a landslide on <<50% of the vote! (View Post)

It doesn't convey the fatigue and reluctance. Although it doesn't exclude it, which is why it was so successful. (View Post)